TikTok’s monetisation gap | Minister Malatsi calls for economic equity for South African creators

By Mthobisi Nozulela | Published 2h ago

Minister Solly Malatsi has challenged TikTok on its exclusionary practices that deny 17 million South African users monetisation opportunities available to creators in the US, Europe and Asia. Speaking at the TikTok Safer Internet Summit, Malatsi argued that this inequity sends a damaging message: 'African creativity has reach, but not value. ' TikTok has now committed to address this feedback.